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Moscow Celebrates Triple Simcha

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Community members of Moscow joined together to celebrate a triple Simcha with Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. The celebrations took place at a Chof Beis Shevat event in the central “Marina Roscha” Shul in Moscow. Photos by Levi Nazarov • Photos
71 New Mosdos, 4 in Moscow

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The Jewish community of Moscow gathered together for a special Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shevat. The highlight was when Rabbi Berel Lazar announced the establishment of 71 new Mosdos in Russia. Four of which will be new Chabad Houses in Moscow, which will join the dozens already operating in Russia’s capital. Photos by Levi Nazarov • Photos
University in Moscow Dedicates Mikvah

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The Jewish University in Moscow, Russia, held a dedication ceremony for a brand new Mikvah. The project was headed by the Shliach to the University, Rabbi Shalom Ber Goldberg. The Mikvah is under the Hashgacha of Rabbi Berel Lazar • Photos
Moscow: Before, After Yom Kippur

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From Kaporos until Napoleons March, thousands of people attended Yom Kippur services at the Marina Rosha Synagogue in central Moscow, headed by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. We present a gallery of photos from the day before Yom Kippur, and the hours immediately following the fast. Photos by Levi Nazarov • Photos
New Mikvah Opens in Southern Russia

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Shliach Rabbi Yisrael Melamed led a celebration opening a magnificent new Mikvah and the inauguration of a historic synagogue in the city of Astrakhan in southern Russia. The ceremony was attended by Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar and former Governor of the Astrakhan Region • Photos
Jewish Education Flourishing in Russia

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After many months of hard work and preparations, the new school year has begun in Russia. The private Jewish Schools began learning on Sunday, Rosh Chodesh Elul, while additional government recognized Jewish schools began their studies the following day, Monday, together with all other schools throughout Russia • Full Story, Photos
Aeroflot’s CEO Meets With Shliach

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It is no secret that as Russia’s capital city, Moscow is home to four airports which operate thousands of flights, including many transit flights. Naturally, this means dealing with stranded passengers for a variety of reasons, many of them due to delays or missed subsequent flights • Full Story
Rabbi Lazar Visits Camp HASC

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Russian Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar, came for a short visit to Camp HASC, this past Sunday. It was a heartwarming and uplifting visit that the special campers and staff will remember. Photos by Camp HASC • Photos
Putin’s Birthday Wishes to Rabbi Lazar

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“In honor of the Chief Rabbi of Russia Rabbi Berel Lazar, please accept my blessings on the occasion of your 55th birthday.” These were the opening words of the letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Rabbi Berel Lazar • Full Story
Memorial for Hero Resistance Fighters

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Tuesday afternoon, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, attended the unveiling ceremony for the new memorial, dedicated to the heroes of the resistance movement during World War II. Rabbi Berel Lazar, Russia’s Chief Rabbi, and President of the Federation of Jewish Communities Alexander Boroda took part in the event • Photos
Erev Pesach in Moscow, Russia

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Erev Pesach in the capital of Russia: An extensive gallery of Erev Pessach events in Moscow and the Jewish Center ‘Marina Roschecha’ led by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. Shachris, followed by a Siyum, the sale of the chametz of all the Jews of Russia, and the burning of chametz in the courtyard of the central synagogue. Photos by Levi Nazarov • Photos
New Torah for English-Speaking Shul

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The Chabad Center for English speakers in Moscow, run by Rabbi Jacob Halevi Klein, welcomed a new Torah Scroll in an event attended by Russia’s chief Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar. The event was attended by dignitaries including president of the Association of Jewish Communities of Russia, US ambassador to Russia and Israel’s ambassador to Russia • Full Story, Photos
Moscow Shluchim at Annual Gathering

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Shluchim from various neighborhoods throughout Moscow, with the participation of the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, participated in an annual forum discussing different ways to better the work of the Shluchim throughout the city • Photos
Chief Rabbi Meets With Shluchim

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Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar met yesterday with a delegation of rabbis from Russia and the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, in his office • Full Story
Chabad Subsidized Moscow Pharmacy

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In a modest yet impressive ceremony, a new pharmacy was opened under the approval of the Russian Ministry of Health. This pharmacy is unique in that it will provide subsidized medication to large families, senior citizens and the indigent. It constitutes a breakthrough in the special idea of benefiting the general public, by providing life saving medicines • Full Story, Photos
Picture of the Day

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Isaac ‘Bougie’ Herzog, former chairman of the Labor Party and chairman of Jewish Agency for Israel, during his trip to Russia, held a visit with the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar • Additional Photo
Lighting the Menorah in the Red Square

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Excitement was high despite the freezing cold as a large crowd, along with millions of viewers from all the news networks in Russia watched as candle was lit by the Cheif Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. Each year for nearly two decades, Rabbi Lazar has lit the first candle of the Menorah, in the Red Square of central Moscow • Full Story, Photos
Largest Shul Rededicated in Kaliningrad

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There was not a dry eye as the elders of Kaliningrad gathered for the reopening of their largest synagogue, the very same synagogue that was the first to be burned down by the Nazis on the terrible night of Kristallnacht • Full Story, Photos
New Shul for Arkhangelsk, Russia

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A brand-new Jewish center and synagogue has been established in Arkhangelsk, Russia. This new Jewish center in the north of European Russia, was dedicated by Rabbi Berel Lazar, the Chief Rabbi of Russia • Photos
Watch: Putin Impressed by Lazar Family

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Russian President Vladimir Putin wished a happy Jewish New Year to Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar in a private meeting before Rosh Hashanah. When Rabbi Lazar shared with him that he has “Thank G-d 14 children”, Putin responded, “Wow! 14! We should all emulate you!” • Watch
Rabbi Reveals: Putin Loves Matzah

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The Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a special fondness for matzot and that he eats them all year long • Full Story
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Immediately as Pesach concluded, Rabbi Berel Lazar was seen buying back the Chometz for all the Yidden of Russia from the gentile who it was sold to before Pesach began.
Jewish Cemetery Inaugurated in Moscow

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After close to ten years of developing and investing in the area, the new Jewish cemetery of Moscow was inaugurated in the southern Vastrikovsky neighborhood, not far from the old Jewish cemetery that has already been filled to full capacity and in which each plot costs a small fortune • Full Story, Photos
Putin Moves Visit in Deference to Shabbos

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is slated to visit the largest Jewish museum in the country, located within the Chabad complex in Moscow, next Monday • Full Story
Russian Jewish Organizations Make Peace

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Last Wednesday, nearly 200 people gathered at the prestigious Metropol Hotel, adjacent to the Red Square in central Moscow, for a signing ceremony between the two largest organizations in Russia and Europe for the benefit of hundreds of thousands of Russian and European Jews and many Jewish communities • Full Story, Photos